MANILA, (PNA) — The Dept. of Public Works and Highways has started its clearing operations by mobilizing personnel and heavy equipment on national roads affected by typhoon Odette in the northern part…
Year: 2013
Tajikistan’s parliament may ratify deal on Russian military base October 1
DUSHANBE, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — The lower house of Tajikistan’s parliament on October 1 will consider ratification of an agreement on terms of deployment of Russia’s 201st military base on the territory of the…
Court resolves MIWD board appointment
ILOILO CITY, (PNA)– Gov. Arthur D. Defensor has acknowledged the recent court ruling empowering him as the appointing authority in the selection of board members of the Metro Iloilo Water District. But…
Can security guards recognize a bomb?
By Aurelio A. Pena DAVAO CITY, (PNA Features) — It’s getting tougher, it seems, to avoid being bombed in this city which is supposed to be one of the safest cities in…
SC allows tax deduction on its allowances
By Perfecto Raymundo MANILA, (PNA) — The Supreme Court has allowed its Fiscal Management and Budget Office to deduct taxes on the special allowances of the members of the Judiciary. This was…
Authorities apprehend crew of 2 trawl motor bancas for illegal fishing
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — Coast Guard authorities and tanod members of a coastal community in Capiz have apprehended the crew of two trawl motor bancas and confiscated their fishing gears for illegal…
Kenya mall attack hits 69 as siege enters another day
NAIROBI, (PNA/Xinhua) — The toll from a fatal attack on Kenya’s popular shopping mall has risen to 69, with 63 people missing on the third day of the standoff between security forces…
Surviving MNLF fighters will not escape
MANILA, (PNA) — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala on Monday said that the estimated 40 remaining Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters now…
US Commercial spacecraft’s docking with space station delayed
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– The docking of a space freighter developed by a private US company with the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed for at least 48 hours, NASA has…
MRT, LRTs, PNR continue operations despite heavy rains
MANILA, (PNA) — Operations of the country’s mass rail transport systems remain normal on Monday despite the overnight heavy downpour experienced in Metro Manila. According to the Light Rail Transit Authority control…
Habagat continues to bring heavy rains over Metro Manila, Luzon — PAGASA
MANILA, (PNA) — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Monday morning issued a orange rainfall warning in Metro Manila as well as some Luzon provinces as it expects…
Roundup: 78 killed, 146 injured as twin suicide blasts hit Christian church in NW Pakistan
By Misbah Saba Malik ISLAMABAD, (PNA/Xinhua) — At least 78 people were killed and over 146 others injured when a twin suicide bomb attack hit a Christian church in Pakistan’s northwest Peshawar…
Update: PAGASA issues ‘Orange Rainfall’ warning over MM, nearby provinces
MANILA, (PNA) — Some areas in Metro Manila were flooded on Monday morning amid heavy rains as the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued an orange rainfall advisory over…
Enhanced ‘habagat’ rains to persist until Wednesday — PAGASA
MANILA, (PNA) — Government’s weather agency expects rainy weather in Metro Manila, Southern Luzon and surroundings until around the middle of this week. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) weatherman…
Marikina River on ‘Alert Level 1’
MANILA, (PNA) — “Alert Level 1” was sounded as the Marikina River is now at 15.3 meters. This was revealed by the Marikina Public Information Office in its Twitter account around 8:55…